Despite Fremantle thrashing Port Adelaide by 74 points at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night, it is unlikely to finish in one of the prized top two positions; the Geelong win over Sydney earlier on Saturday took care of that.

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Those four points would be crucial to the Dockers' premiership chances, as a top-two finish potentially gives them two finals in Perth. But after the performance on Saturday night, some would suggest they don't need the extra advantage; they are going to have one final at Patersons Stadium anyway.

They dominated a team that will play finals - leading by 55 points at half-time.

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Hayden Ballantyne had three of his four goals at the main break and fellow small forward Michael Walters had two.

And if the Dockers win their first final, they will earn a preliminary final on the wide-ranging Patersons Stadium; where Ballantyne and Walters will be a handful for anyone.

Saturday night's clash also allowed captain Matthew Pavlich to continue his return to form. He kicked two of his four goals in the second term when Port was looking like mounting a challenge.

The work horses who got the Dockers into a winning position by half-time though were Nat Fyfe and Lachie Neale.Neale is certainly making the most of his late-season recall. Last night was his sixth consecutive game and he's had more than 20 touches (28 on Saturday night) in each of them; his fourth of 26 or more.

He has added a fourth dimension to the Dockers midfield that already boasts Fyfe, Michael Barlow and David Mundy.

There is usually a fifth dimension, but Port's Kane Mitchell did good job in holding Stephen Hill last night.

Port's past two months have been less than impressive, with single-digit wins against St Kilda, Brisbane and Adelaide and a 17-point victory over the Gold Coast in that time.

Port kicked only one goal in the first term against the Dockers, and that was a lucky dribble through from the boundary off the boot of Jake Neade. The margin was 19 points. Their next major came 12 minutes in to the third term to bring the margin back to 51. That came from Chad Wingard who was Port's best player to that points, but who was subbed out of the game a few minutes later - perhaps with one eye on the game against the Blues.

The forward set-up will be something the Power will work hard on this week. The statistics will show they weren't that bad against the Dockers. Robbie Gray, Kane Cornes, Wingard and Jasper Pittard had plenty of the ball and moved it into attack.